Depends on the seat, the rider, and the intended use of the bike.

In all honesty the bikes that look beat up, scratched, not shiney, have dirt on them and look like people ride them, are the best looking bikes to me. Color scheming and matching is cool, i dig it. But once you start putting colored chains on that match your rims, that match bar tape, that match your water bottle cage.. is a gay.

Hipster catfight.Lame.

Did it feel good to get a claw in?

we all need to be this way whether we ride fixed or freewheel. I understand where you're coming from, but don't think of it in this way (ex:We're fixed gear riders) because there are ppl on mtbs, cruisers, road bikes, etc. who would appreciate help and advice too. What matters is we ALL love riding. I'm in the Bronx btw so anytime you want to ride you can holler at me

btw it's human nature where one thinks they are better than the other. It doesn't matter whether it's biking, computing, skiing, eating, etc. No matter what you do there will always be ppl like that.

Hey! i know damn straight that i am bad at skiing, and f-ing awesome at eating. i always am able to eat until i am full (assuming i have enough food)

I think that one of the reasons you got jumped on a bit there is, in your first post, you make these "tips" sound like mandates which automatically gets the freedom police's attention.

The little silly details don't matter as long as people are cyclists and ambassadors of the sport first.

the problem that i see is that there are those people who buy/build a fixed gear just to have one and who really don't ride it at all. This drives up the prices until people try (and succeed) to sell used frames and components WAY above what they are worth (people selling used bianchi pistas for more than they were when new)

+1, -1 are simply quick ways of expressing agreement or disagreement with something other people post, and if you get butt-hurt from someone saying "fail" in an internet post, you are more of a problem than they are. If on the other hand you are a big boy and can take someone being a bit of an ***** in stride, and respond without getting all worked up then you will have established yourself as a mature person and people will quit flaming you (.....well ok maybe not.....)

My best wishes in your endeavor to find fixed gear riders who you enjoy riding with, and i hope this is not to "hateful".

Oh, and if the people on this forum make you want to destroy the bike you lovingly made your own, than you might want to question why you got the bike in the first place. If being identified with people here is more important than your bike, it give the impression that you only built the thing to fit in.

If people were ripping me a new one here, you know what i would do rather than smash the bike i built? I would go outside and ride it.

this is just like the "not a hipster" thread a few slots up.

Don Sheldonito!
Tha Sheldonator
El Sheldonachi
Sheldonizzle Brownstizzle
Shelneezy Breezy
Shells Bells
Sheldon "even the hipsters quote me" Brown


(...all in fun and respect.)

my seat is probably 3-4" above my bars. i usually like to have the seat so that when my foot is at the bottom of the stroke, my leg has only a slight bend in it. and the bars are low because i have pretty long arms

I am a "gay *****exual." This is what a "gay" bike looks like. No self respecting *** would do all that color stuff/mess your talking about. So declasse. That is only something you goofy straight people do.

I've been mostly lurking on this SS/FG section of this board for a month or so... I've asked a few questions and gotten decent replies.

I have noticed though that there is a bit less of a community feel here than there is in other areas of bikeforums.net. Some folks take the time to post negative belittling condescending vibes... that is all their posts contain. Nothing constructive... Why? Would you throw in you two cents like that and walk away on the street? In a bike shop? The anonymity your login grants you somehow transforms you into a rude individual. Another board I post on has this above the reply dialogue box...

How simple is that?

The folks I've met that ride or work in a bike shop have been really cool easy going people. The knuckleheads posting their negative vibes on this board amongst the majority of posts containing actual content... well... dunno what to say. Read the above bolded message? Life is too short...

Here's some positive vibes if you're running low... ++++++ vibes ++++ +++

thats not quite how it works here

I am not sure that in this section the useful posts are very firmly in the majority, and there are other groups of cyclists that have similar responses, but i agree that it would be nice.

except angry and full of hate

BFSSFG subforum is like the 4chan of Bikeforums...